While the big clubs are heading into a big weekend of European Challenge and Champions Cup action, the Greene King IPA Championship clubs will spend the next couple weeks taking on reserve sides from the Welsh and Irish Guinness Pro 14 clubs in the British & Irish Cup. Two games …
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It wasn’t the greatest weekend for Americas players in Europe with relatively few putting up their hand in the Challenge and Champions Cup, but we were treated to some high quality domestic games to help bolster our selection. The Brantford Harlequins wrapped up an undefeated season to claim the McCormick …
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Fans from Argentina, Canada, and the USA will be keeping a watchful eye on the second round of the British & Irish Cup this weekend. Eight players in all from across the Americas will take part with the majority of their influence coming on Sunday. Two former US Eagles caps …
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The Greene King IPA Championship takes a couple weeks off mirroring that of the top divisions but the clubs will still be in action in their own multi-national competition, the British & Irish Cup. Development sides from Guinness Pro 14 clubs in Ireland and Wales are paired off with the …
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Jebb Sinclair will make his first start of the season for London Irish as they face the Jersey Reds in the British & Irish Cup Semi Final at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday. The 30-year-old Canadian forward runs out at lock having made a try-scoring impact as a replacement against …
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With the Americas Rugby Championship done for another year it’s back to domestic rugby we look for this week’s selection. The Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro 12 had the week off but we had two divisions of French club rugby, the British & Irish Cup, the Anglo-Welsh Cup, and of …
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Jebb Sinclair will pull on a London Irish jersey for the first time since the pre-season when Irish host Yorkshire Carnegie on Saturday in the Quarter Finals of the British & Irish Cup. The big Canadian forward has at last been ruled fully fit following a knee injury that ruled …
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Another week of European rugby is on the books and again a week that saw limited success from Americas players. As last week we’ve also been fortunate to have the California Cup in full swing and the Italian Eccellenza to draw from, and thankfully we’ll soon be full-on with the …
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While the big clubs are revving up for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup duty this weekend, England’s Greene King IPA Championship sides are in their own international competition as they get set for Round 5 of the British & Irish Cup. Generally treated as reserve grade fixtures, the prospects of …
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Amidst the off-field excitement we almost forgot that there was some on-field excellence from this past weekend. The European Champions and Challenge Cup had first consideration of course but there were also players in the Pro D2, British & Irish Cup, and California Cup to watch out for. The American …
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